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The failure of a single port is probably quite common because if they are like mine, each port has an interface circuit next to the socket and such devices are likely to fail at some point. How is the cable that is plugged into that circuit routed physically? Is it likely that a switching spike...

Thanks very much for the extra advice. I like the thought of throwing bad glue into the waste bin! It's funny, I had in mind that many glues were developed for the DeHavilland Mosquito but after doing a bit of reading that idea of mine appears to be wrong. I hadn't realised yetloh that Titebond...

One point I picked up somewhere with polyurethane is that its tendency to expand on curing can mess up blind dowelled joints maybe?

Many thanks for the advice, I'll place a few orders and try them on a few bits of scrap and the first (probably disasterous) box I turn out.

I'd appreciate some advice from regular woodworkers please. I'm planning to do some joinery using mainly 'Redwood' and am just about at the stage where I'm going to ruin some perfectly good lengths of timber by turning them into sawdust, as I learn the ropes (having read a lot). Eventually I...

Our local B&Q employs some really nice and helpful people, and their returns policy (as long as you keep the receipt) is pretty painless; I'm sorry I can't think of much more that's good to say about them apart from the fact that when working away from home and in dire need of a tool that wasn't...

I totally agree, an honest explanation is the least that you should expect, but sadly common courtesy can be in short supply sometimes. I wonder if you would actually choose to deal with somebody who has treated you as this guy has though?

Any seller can legally refuse to ship an item as long as he/she refunds costs in full; this applies on ebay or in a shop. When you hand over money you are effectively only offering to pay for an item, but the seller is not obliged to accept your offer of payment. All this occasionally comes to...

It sounds like NASA has bought and switched on its new toy, found nothing and worried that when this toy wears out they won't be given the cash to buy another. So some bright spark ('Charlie') on his way home has dangled a stone on a fishing line in front of the new toy so that the Night Shift...

Many thanks for the information! I'll start shopping around for the best deal this week.

They were told only to blow the bloody doors off! So, I guess I won't be using that method to burn the paint off my wrought iron railings!

Just to add my twopence worth: Is it possible for you to share the power of attorney with somebody? If so it might avoid those family bust-ups which involve your Uncle Alfie accusing you of running off with that goldfish bowl he'd always been promised, and it's a fact that sibblings just love to...

If I get a £100 rebate should I go with one £100 hooker or five at £20 a trick?

I thought you were going to say "I don't half miss him" :?

The hotel should give you a password to access their WiFi router. It depends on the hotel whether you have to pay for access to WiFi or not though. If the hotel does charge you it might be worth seeing if the cafe next door or another establishment offers free WiFi. It's worth making sure your...

On a scale of 1 to 10, is your mistake as bad as or worse than me wondering why pressing the red button on my drill press wouldn't turn off the vacuum cleaner I was using to remove the sawdust from around the hole I'd just drilled? What is it they say, the only person who's never made a...

I think this goes to show that if you put a large price tag on an item people assume it's been built by craftsmen to a high standard, however.... Of course a lot of visible silicone doesn't mean a joint is waterproof - and why white compound when Mister Corning makes clear stuff that's probably...

Forget the Trend square unless you have the means to keep resetting it back to square! I have a Moore & Wright square that I bought back in the 80s, which (according to all my new squares) is still pretty bang on, so as long as they haven't shipped manufacture and quality control over to...

I'm sure my Dad had an identical gauge that he kept in the glove compartment of his Ford Anglia etc.

How about the makers of the 'Young **Jolly Amusing Working Class Tradesman Chappie** of the Year' series being entered into the equivalent for TV productions? My guess is they would be dropped after the 'Duck Floating House' round!